Patience Is A Virtue

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Mama me…

Woke every two hours…check the time…check her phone…check the status…of that daughter of hers…

Who decided to leave before dawn…drive three hours…meet up at her sister’s…catch that flight to DC…just after noon…

Mama me…was worried…that cutting-it-to-the-last-minute girl…would miss her flight…over sleep…car break down…run ridiculously late…

But fear…she need not…all was easy peasy lemon squeezy…until…airport arrival…a two hour delay…became…a four hour delay…became…a seven…hour delay…

Passed the time…doing homework…reading…coloring…sending silly selfies…trying to stay calm…in an exhausting…situation…

And so it is…in life…sometimes…we are tested…our patience…is tested…a test…that can be…hard to pass…

Breathe…dig deep…reach out…and in the case of those weary travelers of mine…use that thanks-for-being-patient food voucher…to fill your face…with joy…
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And those daughters of mine…agree…